Chapter 2676: Ascending the Dragon's Gate

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Gazing at the high vault, the Chi Dao stretches tens of thousands of Li, all in one line.

The Guanhai Tai is like a pearl embedded in the riverbank. The Chi Dao branches from different directions, converging here, like the pearl's radiance spreading out in threads.

The long river, naturally, is like a dragon.

Yao Fu of Longmen Academy stands with his hands behind his back at the edge of the clouds. He watches as contemporary heavenly talents, like carp crossing the river, swim here from different streams, gathering at this world's foremost Guanhai Tai... it seems to witness the process of a fish leaping over the dragon gate.

Inevitably, grand ambitions are born in his heart.

A small, exquisite ritual Gui hangs at his waist, helping him regulate the four seasons, regulate the twenty-four solar terms.

The color of this treasure is sky blue. It is the town mountain treasure of Longmen Academy, a Cave Heaven treasure.

It is refined from the Jade Que Bao Gui Heaven, which ranks twenty-second among the minor Cave Heavens. Its name is "Qing Gui," also called "Li Gui."

It belongs to the Six Ritual Jades and is the jade used to worship the east direction.

At the same time, it is also the only one among the Six Ritual Jades that is a true refined Cave Heaven treasure! The rest are all transformed from the ritual system, manifested through cultivation, and are called "pseudo Cave Heaven treasures."

They all say the Ritual Heaven's Cang Bi is the first of the Six Ritual Jades, worn at the waist of the contemporary Ritual Master, Li Heng. But historically speaking, the Qing Gui is the first ritual jade to be refined.

In fact, it was a treasure personally refined by Fa Ancestor Han Gui back then, given to Confucianism to help Kong Ke create "Li Fa."

Han Gui was initially ambitious, thinking Confucianism could also be a part of the law, and took Kong Ke as a disciple. But Kong Ke later told the world that ritual could be law, but ritual was only a small part of Confucianism, and said, "Those who achieve are teachers."

So no matter how impossible it is for this Qing Gui to become the first of the Six Ritual Jades, managing the ritual of the east is already a great recognition.

This also counts as a historical anecdote.

Yao Fu hangs the ritual Gui at his waist, yet he is not a person with very strict rules. He extremely dislikes tedious formalities, advocating "governing ritual in the heart, not in ceremony." "Ceremony" is only the elementary expression of "ritual," used to guide the people of the world to understand the true meaning of "ritual."

He is a person with overflowing talent, and a romantic nature.

Since Zhen River True Monarch led the heavenly sea to govern the long river, continuing the great undertaking of Lie Mountain Human Emperor, the troubles of the long river have been called "eternal cure."

Sitting beside the long river at Longmen Academy, he suddenly felt much more relaxed.

Yao Fu, who year-round sits and gazes at the long river and governs the four seasons with his sword, finally has more leisure. He can travel the world and also casually enlighten the stubborn, leaving many immortal stories.

The affairs of Longmen Academy in recent years have all been handled by Zhao Wuyan. To say something slightly disrespectful, compared to the time when Yao Fu personally managed the sect affairs, things are more orderly.

"Dad, ah, I looked all over and didn't expect you to be here, what a coincidence——"

Yao Zishu, obviously carefully dressed up, came driving a cloud.

As she got closer, a look of disappointment flashed in her bright big eyes. She looked left and right, seemingly unintentionally asking: "Is Jiang Zhenjun here?"

Yao Fu didn't speak, just looked at his daughter with a smile.

Little Shu, who used to pull Zhao Wuyan's clothes corner all day, has also grown into the elegant person she is today.

Only, at this moment, asking that name, she still has several points of the shyness and innocence of her girlhood.

It made the old father quite nostalgic.

"Dad!" Zishu saw the ridicule and stomped her foot.

"Haha, he's gone, already gone." Yao Fu laughed and begged for mercy, yet couldn't resist teasing: "He came to see me only for official business, naturally everything was simple, coming and going in a hurry. If you hadn't applied rouge, you might still have seen him."

He, of course, understands his daughter's affection for Jiang Wang, understands that it is not male-female emotion, but a kind of youthful worship and respect for an ideal existence.

He once had such a person he worshipped, but later it was fragmented, ultimately not worth his devotion.

It is different in his daughter. That person has long existed on her altar, and is becoming more and more dazzling.

The person worshipped in youth is not dimmed by time.

The stars in memory always shine in the night sky, guiding the direction of life in countless perhaps confused nights.

This is really a very happy thing.

"Dad!" Zishu sulked and wanted to leave, but was also a bit reluctant to move her feet. She indirectly asked: "What official business was it, that you had to ascend to heaven to welcome him?"

"Besides the Yellow River Meeting, what other official business could there be?" Yao Fu smiled: "As for me... with his status in the world today, and this kind of proper matter, if I didn't go to welcome him, it would seem like I was relying on my age and selling my seniority, and Longmen Academy would be without etiquette."

To be honest, for her idol's status in the world, Yao Zishu always didn't have a very real feeling.

After all, in her view, the idol was always dazzling, but she had a self-awareness that she was "beautifying him."

Until her father, the dean of one of the four great academies in the world, said that he "needed to welcome him according to etiquette," she then suddenly had a feeling of "the vast sea has already changed several times."

The youth who once whistled with his sword on the horizon platform, and struggled repeatedly under the surrounding swords of others, now with a flourish of his sword light, is already the world.

"Will there be any trouble at this Yellow River Meeting?" Zishu asked.

"What trouble could there be?" Yao Fu brushed off the corner of his clothes: "It's just that he has led to many changes, and naturally he needs to bear the corresponding responsibility."

"Any change will be accompanied by the pain of some people."

"You want to say it's better, sorry, not for the vested interests."

"This world cannot be changed just by opening one's mouth."

"He set new rules, and he needs to prove that he indeed has the power to maintain these rules. Of course, it is best not to reach the point of showing power. Otherwise, if they fight every session, even if they win, how much does that indicate that people are not convinced?"

This dean of the academy known for his "Dian Shi" sword, smiled and said: "The sword is not drawn, but the world is silent, then it is called logical, commonly known as 'face'."

Zishu probably understood. Her idol came to Longmen Academy to seek support. She subconsciously asked: "Then did you give him face?"

Longmen Academy did not only give him face!

At least in this year, Longmen Academy is a part of Jiang Zhenhe's face.

The Confucian predecessors who wrote the sacrificial text for the completion of Guanhai Tai back then were the source of Longmen Academy.

The original manuscript of that sacrificial text that calmed the waves, Yao Fu had already personally handed over to Jiang Wang!

All just to let Jiang Wang have the strongest embodiment of overlooking the long river at the Yellow River Meeting.

Longmen Academy's support for Jiang Wang is not his, Yao Fu's, personal appreciation, but a unified demand of Longmen Academy's long-term ideals and interests.

Besides this session, which session can allow academy disciples to participate freely in the name of the academy?

Although the pressure of the Shixiao War was the reason for the emperors of several hegemonic countries to loosen their mouths, that also required someone to stand at the front and strive to let this wisp of heavenly wind leak down.

Longmen Academy will not just support verbally.

But he won't tell Zishu these things. It's best for her to think clearly, and even better if she doesn't think clearly.

Yao Fu is not a person who will trim his children into an ideal appearance; free growth is ideal. Thus, he only smiled: "How can I not give Yao Zishu face!"

Zishu gave a thumbs-up: "Dean is wise!"

"Do you want to go and participate?" Yao Fu asked with a laugh: "Initially, when he participated in the Yellow River Meeting, you were still waving a flag and shouting below the stage, cheering for him. At that time, Dean Bai even asked me... 'Eh, is that Jiang Wang a person from your Longmen Academy? I see Zishu is very excited.'"

"Eh!" Zishu said in annoyance: "Dean Bai talks nonsense. Those cheering words were written by Senior Xiang Qian, why not say he's a person from Qingya Academy—— furthermore, I also cheered for Senior Yin!"

Yao Fu teased: "That's a pity Wen Hua exited too early and didn't hear your cheers. He must be very regretful, right?"

"I'm not paying attention to you. I'm going to pack up and go out too!" Zishu hurriedly drove away on a cloud.

Yao Fu, alone in the high vault, gazed into the distance, watching team after team of carriages, like a long snake winding towards Guanhai Tai.

It seemed like drops falling into the sea, and also like the process of gathering the flood of human paths within the long years.

This year's Yellow River Meeting is extraordinarily grand and magnificent.

Looking again at the banks of the long river, where glory points and hidden clouds gather, even his high gaze couldn't help but sigh: "Today his name and power have already formed. If he turns to cultivating incense and fire, he would also be a Yang God crossing the sky!"

Although Zhen River True Monarch repeatedly emphasized that the peace of the long river was first due to Lie Mountain Human Emperor's pioneering merit and constant governance, next due to the long river Dragon Lord's tens of thousands of years of regulation, and then the efforts of successive predecessors in curing the river... He placed Dinghai Town on the long river and led the heavenly sea to govern it together, which was just a summary of the long river's cure career. He was only fortunate enough to erect a stele for such a great cause.

But temples inevitably stand on the banks of the long river.

How could the incense and fire of the human world not be the starlight seen by the heaven people?

Guanhai Tai is the world's foremost viewing platform.

If Guanhai Tai is taken as the scenery, then there is no more suitable place than Tianma Plain.

The youth with white eyebrows and blue eyes then sat here. His loose hair hung on his shoulders, still amidst the wind and clouds.

His left eye changed myriad worlds, his right eye shuttled through the fleeting years. In a breath, clouds and radiance extinguished.

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Suddenly, thunder rolled like ten thousand jun, rumbling like drums. A sea of thunder poured down, actually becoming a heavenly waterfall.

This astonishing power was only His sigh, a turn of His eye.

Just at this moment, a slender hand parted the violent shining thunder light and lifted the thunder heavenly waterfall into a curtain.

The thunder light shone his skin several shades whiter. Behind the curtain was the calm face of Zhen River True Monarch. He politely bowed and walked in, a smile on his face: "Junior descendant Jiang Wang, rolls the curtain for the honorable god!"

The Original Heaven God silently gazed into the distance, pretending not to hear.

Jiang Wang was not awkward. He looked left and right, and sincerely praised: "This place has good scenery!"

He said with a smile: "Looking up at the ancient star dome, looking down at the surging long river. Although the world is big, what matter is not in your eyes?"

The Original Heaven God finally turned his eyes and snorted: "Absolute peak for four years, and this is the first time you've come to Tianma Plain. It's clear that you don't go where there's no benefit, and you don't arrive where there's no matter!"

"How noble the honorable god is!" Jiang Wang laughed: "If it weren't for a noble matter, how would I dare to disturb?"

"Am I noble?" The Original Heaven God lightly raised his head, a smile that wasn't quite a smile on his face: "Does the world truly respect me?"

Jiang Wang didn't pick up on this topic: "Speaking of which, I have a destiny with the honorable god! The two places closest to the star dome in the present world are called Tianma Plain and Xingyue Plain——"

"We both also grow a pair of eyes, two ears. Xingyue Plain was not related to you ten years ago, and Tianma Plain did not belong to me three years ago. What destiny?" The Original Heaven God waved his hand: "You are still young, don't learn from those old wastes who say useless words. If you have something to say, say it."

"Actually, it's nothing..." Jiang Wang continued to maintain his warm smile: "Junior descendant is now preparing for matters related to the Yellow River Meeting. Seeing the honorable god sitting here idly, I came over to greet you and wanted to know if there's anything I can do."

The Original Heaven God glanced at him: "Afraid I'll make trouble, are you?"

"Where are you saying such words!" Jiang Wang laughed: "The Yellow River world meeting is a grand event of the human race. Someone who deeply understands great righteousness like you will only maintain it, how could you interfere? Although I am trembling with fear, under your gaze, I also feel steady."

He walked forward and stood in front of the white stone where the Original Heaven God was sitting, saying very intimately: "Initially, when Gu Shiyi fell in the East Sea, you made a great vow to protect Yi God's path to enlightenment. I truly respect you from the bottom of my heart..."

That year, he was just sitting here when he killed Zhuang Gao Xian and sent a flying sword to aid from ten thousand Li away.

Only at that time, there was no white stone under his buttocks—this guy likes to put on airs but is lazy to move.

He also doesn't know where he is now, or what progress his sword dao has made.

Thinking of an old friend did not affect his gentle and obedient manner at this moment: "Honorable god, if you are interested in the competition, would you allow me to set a seat for you on the world stage?"

The Original Heaven God laughed lightly: "You are much more polite than that Ji what Zhou, Ji Fu what. I think this messy Six Harmonies Emperor should be done by you. The great position in the world should be held by those with virtue!"

Jiang Wang blinked his eyes, as if he hadn't heard anything.

The Original Heaven God then asked again: "You say you will set a seat for me on the world stage. Will I sit above Ji Fengzhou, or below Ji Fengzhou?"

The present era is, after all, a state system. The so-called world stage is, after all, surrounded by the pillars of the Six Harmonies...

The former long river Dragon Lord, his seat was always below the emperor!

"Junior descendant feels that there is no distinction between above and below in this seating arrangement. On the stage are all players, and below the stage are all audience members." Jiang Wang's smile today was as if it was embedded on his face: "Anyway, you sit, junior descendant stands. If there's anything, I'll serve you tea, and we can enjoy watching the heavenly talents play together. This leisure interest should be known to you, honorable one!"

The dignified Zhen River True Monarch, Hug Wealth Heaven Monarch, Elder of the Jiang Cabinet! Repeatedly wearing a smiling face here is a very rare occasion. After all, "people don't seek people as high as themselves." No matter how fierce the character, as long as he doesn't care, no one will force him, the leader of the heavenly talents of this era, to offend him.

But today, he bears responsibility and must lower his head for the matter.

"Okay." The Original Heaven God looked at him for a while and finally waved his hand: "It's not easy for you to do things, I won't make it difficult for you. I just won't go to Guanhai Tai."

His blue eyes turned: "But do you think... shouldn't He Guo have someone go?"

"Of course!" Jiang Wang promised without hesitation: "He Guo has talented people and beautiful land. It should logically have a main match quota, without going through preliminary selection to ascend the stage. When your glorious country's name is known to the world!"

"Only one?" The Original Heaven God raised his white eyebrows.

In past years, the main match of the Yellow River Meeting, whether in the inner mansion field, the outer building field, or the unlimited field below thirty years old, there were only sixteen main match quotas in total, and only eight main match quotas in the unlimited field below thirty years old.

The six great strong countries in the world each occupied one main match quota in each field. The rest were given to other countries to compete for.

This Yellow River Meeting faces the entire present world and does not restrict countries and sects. The main match quotas have also expanded.

Whether it is the inner mansion field, the outer building field, or the unlimited field, there are thirty-two main match quotas.

The six great hegemonic countries still advance and lock main match quotas, there is no objection to this.

The entire Yellow River Meeting has a total of ninety-six main match quotas, of which eighteen main match quotas are determined in advance, leaving seventy-eight main match quotas to be released for people from all over the world to compete for.

The Original Heaven God did not mind how many main match quotas He Guo had. What He minded was that He Guo did not have any, and that His face was not as big as Ji Fengzhou's.

"Am I not as good as Ji Fengzhou?" He asked.

Among all the super detachments Jiang Wang has come into contact with, this one is truly the most "easygoing."

Laughing and scolding at will, willful and natural, completely without the super-worldly style of a super detachment.

But if you underestimate Him, you might also consider, who else in the world can go to Jade Capital Mountain and scold people, yet leave safely.

"Junior descendant's strength is far inferior to yours, I dare not compare myself with you in my heart." Jiang Wang first threw out a disclaimer, then laughed: "But honorable god, you might consider this: How many people are in Jing Guo, and they only got three main match quotas? How many people are in He Guo, and they only have one main match quota... Which side is not as good as the other? I can't even calculate this account clearly."

The Original Heaven God hummed, without commenting.

Jiang Wang said again: "Speaking of the main match quotas, Emperor Li has been harassing me for many days. The letters scolding people have fallen like rain in Xingyue Plain. You tell me, isn't this too excessive?"

He really took out a few sheets for the Original Heaven God to look at: "Look at this wording, this quality, compared to you, it's simply illiterate!"

Hong Junyan's momentum was very good. Although the Original Heaven God was willful, He would not casually make enemies. He took the letters and appreciated them with a light smile.

Jiang Wang said again: "Meeting the honorable god today, my heart is finally at ease."

"You are already a supreme super detachment, an eternal immortal, yet you are high-minded and principled, not contending with vulgar people. As long as you have one main match quota, does that surnamed Hong really want more?"

"Although Li Country has a territory of ten thousand Li and a strong army of thousands upon thousands, it should also take He Guo as an example and only get one main match quota, then it will show fairness!"

The Original Heaven God felt that this made sense and only asked: "Besides this?"

Jiang Wang deliberately replied: "Besides this, the water race also has one main match quota, in commemoration of the long river Dragon Lord's merit in curing the water. His sins have been punished, but his merits will forever shine. He once blessed myriad worlds, and should also shade a hundred generations."

"Just like you do these things for the people of He Guo, you should also be forever etched for He Guo."

To coax this moody immortal god, he was not only sincere, but completely pouring out his heart: "You are talking to a junior like me here, saying that a mere main match quota for the Yellow River Meeting, could it be for your own face? Isn't it for the people of He Guo! As the saying goes, 'parents love their children, so they plan far-reaching for them!'"

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